Teodoro Vidal Collection

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Teodoro Vidal Collection

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Object Details

Scope and Contents

Maps, prints, posters, religious articles, publications and photographs, relating to the history and culture of Puerto Rico. Mr. Vidal's family and personal papers are also included.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c0cb541d-4da6-4fce-ad2c-90d337ee3797

Collector

Vidal, Teodoro

Place

Puerto Rico -- Antiquities

Topic

Folk art

Puerto Rico -- History

Art -- Collecting and Collectors -- Puerto Rico

Art, Puerto Rican

Santos (Art)

Collector

Vidal, Teodoro

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Teodoro Vidal Collection

Biographical / Historical

Collector of art, artifacts and documents on the history, culture and people of Puerto Rico. Vidal donated his artifact collection to the National Museum of American History in 1997.

Extent

4 Cubic feet (15 boxes, 10 oversized folders)

Date

1592-1992

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.0712

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Religious objects

Prayers

Maps

Posters

Citation

Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1592-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Arrangement

Collection is divided into nine series. Series 1: personal Papers Series 2: Vidal Family Background Materials Series 3: Maps Series 4: Prints and General Posters Series 5: Religious Materials Series 6: Publications Series 7: General Photographs Series 8: Poems, Ten Line Poems Series 9: Miscellaneous

Processing Information

Collection processed by Jose Delannoy, 2001.

Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

Prints -- Puerto Rico

Photographs -- Puerto Rico

Religious objects -- Puerto Rico

Prayers

Maps

Posters -- Puerto Rico

Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Record ID

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2 negatives of a culpture of a saint: one of the full body and the other of his face. The saints is wearing a tunic and a large rosary.

Photo of Mercedes Vidal y Vidal, 1884. Written on the back: "Dedico a mi querida hermana en el dia de tu Santo. Mercedes Vidal. Abril 5 de 1884".

2 copies of "Oración a Nuestra Señora de Fátima".

Large photo of the Vidal home. Written on the back: "Casa de la familia Vidal Santoni, Calle Caribe esq. Ashford, Condado".

Exhibition of Ex-Votos (1974-1991)

Mexico, 1963

Small album with 98 small photos of Teodoro Vidal's Family friends.

Dominican Republic, 1963

Two photos of Rodolfo Santoni (cabinet portraits). One of them has the corners cut (octogonal form); the other has multiple hand written inscription on the back: "Dn. Rodolfo Santoni Sambolín", "también nieto de Dn. Vicente Sambolín y Da. Fidela M. de Sambolín", "A mi idolatradísima Ynocencia, como una pequeñísima prueba del inmenso amor que le profeso y profesaré siempre. Su Rodolfo".

Photo of Constantina Franceschi. Hand written inscription on the back: "Constantina Franceschi – madre de Nuncia" and typed: "Madre de doña Anunciación de Franceschi y Franceschi de Monclova del puelo de Juana Díaz".

Copy of a letter sent to Aida M. de Ayala (from the Fine Arts Division of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture) answering a previous letter sent to Mr. Vidal about the three paitings by Ramón Atiles, which were donated to the Institute in 1959. Dated May 15, 1987.

B/w photo of Hacienda San José. Written on the back: "Una de las casas más antiguas de PR en Hacienda Sambolín (Ernesto Quiñones Sambolín)." And also: "Hacienda San José de don José Vicente Sambolín; a la salida de San Germán a Cabo Rojo."

Two photos of Lucila Santiago at a wedding standing next to a girl. Typed in the back: "Da. Lucila Santoni vda. De Dn. Teodoro Vidal Sánchez".

2 copies of "Oración de la Puerta".

Photo of a man, ca. 1870.

2 copies of a holidays card sent by Teodoro Vidal. It has a message inside: "Felices Pascuas y un Próspero Año Nuevo. Teodoro Vidal". The picture of the card is a detail from a painting by Francisco Oller. Note: one of the cards has Mr. Vidal's signature inside the card (above his name).

4 pages with patterns from the weekly supplement of "La Última Moda", no. 36 of 1911. The suplemet is entitled "Labores Femeniles" and includes 4 pages with 15 different patterns.

Photo of 3 vejigantes walking on a street at Ponce.

Italy, 1963

Photo of vejigantes (traditional and non traditional) at the Ponce Carnival. There are 4 vejigantes forming a circle with the crowd in the background.

3 copies of "Oración a San Isidro Labrador".

2 copies of "Novena en Honor de los Santos Reyes Magos: Gaspar, Melchor y Baltazar".

Holiday card (see above) of the Three Kings on horses carrying flags with symbols. This card was sent by Governor Luis Muñoz Marín and his wife during the holidays of 1962.

Photo of Guillermo Vidal Sánchez and John M. Williams in New York, NY.

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